Eggplant Oriented Psychiatric Treatment by Alison Hymes The president of the APA now claims to be "recovery" oriented as does NAMI, the CSB psychiatrist on behalf of Western State hospital and the UVA psychiatric nurse administrator and I know each of them is as recovery oriented as Bush is oriented towards cleaning our air and water. Yet another concept stolen as Sylvia Caras points out so I revert to eggplant oriented treatment trusting the powers that want to be over us won't steal it as a phrase.
Now some people are going to prefer avocado oriented treatment instead, and I think that's fine, because I am all about choice for all of us who have so far survived the degradations of the MH system. And a few may prefer licorice stick oriented treatment, and again I support them in their choice although it is not mine. What will eggplant oriented treatment look like? Choice above all. Choice not to engage in treatment at all, choice to engage in some aspects and not others and to drop out at any point of our own choosing without repercussions of any kind, choice of what we want and think works for us rather than what is convenient, comfortable and/or profitable for providers to offer. Freedom. Respect. Dignity. Truth telling. Truly informed consent. And end to the paradigm that says madness is worse than ruined health and poverty and death. Ability to accept difference, that we may not respect authority particularly and that that is not a pathology but instead a characteristic to be left alone and respected. An end to slander and generalizations and any phrase that starts out "all people with mental illness" or "jails are mental institutions". And end to fake consumers who are really NAMI parents and siblings in disguise posing to take our places at decision making tables. A demand for customer service and respect from providers or we leave. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Irwin Fletcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <zyprexa-discuss@acm.jhu.edu>; <Discuss@freeculture.org> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 12:46 AM Subject: [Zyprexa-discuss] Call for Editorial Submissions * Replies will be sent through Spamex to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * For additional info click -> http://www.spamex.com/i/?v=13296983 The ZyprexaKills wiki has issued a call for editorial submissions: http://zyprexa.pbwiki.com/Editorials We are requesting submissions for editorials and op-eds about this issue (500-750 words, maximum). Please send all submissions to zyprexa-discuss at acm.jhu.edu, or create a new page in this wiki, and link to it from this one. Ideas for possible op-ed topics include: The importance of the "prior restraint" doctrine in the First Amendment The effects of omniscient surveillance on whistleblowing The growing threat of soft censorship, and the incongruity between outrage at overt oppressive censorship and the complacency for the form it takes in a modern liberal democracy. The relationship between anonymity and freedom of speech Critiques of the psychiatric medical model of mental illness A call for pharmaceutical companies to pledge the equivalent of the Hippocratic oath, so they are answerable to something other than the bottom line. Advocating for a pro-choice position towards psychopharmaceuticals, not the paternalistic, Big Daddy Pharma (and Mama Lilly) knows best The dangers of sales people hawking dangerous, psychiatric medication to general internists, even if its on-label The slippery slope of zyprexa prescriptions and usage The rationale behind FDA regulations and reviews of pharmaceutical marketing strategies. The dangers of off-label marketing of drugs Corporate responsibility and culpable negligence The abuse of Medicare by predatory pricing practices This story is about to get really big, and we have a rare opportunity to present these issues to a very wide audience. Many people on this list may have existing material that they may wish to re-purpose for this occasion. Please circulate this message widely. Thanks, - Fletch Lives --------------------------------- It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | _______________________________________________ | Zyprexa-discuss mailing list | Zyprexa-discuss@acm.jhu.edu | http://lists.acm.jhu.edu/mailman/listinfo/zyprexa-discuss | _______________________________________________ Zyprexa-discuss mailing list Zyprexa-discuss@acm.jhu.edu http://lists.acm.jhu.edu/mailman/listinfo/zyprexa-discuss
